Serving sizes are the most significant change. They’re being adjusted to reflect the amounts we’re really eating. “By law, serving sizes must be based on amounts of foods and beverages that people are actually eating, not what they should be eating . . . The reference amount used to set a serving of ice cream was previously ˝ cup but is changing to ⅔ cup,” the FDA said in a statement. “The reference amount used to set a serving of soda is changing from 8 ounces to 12 ounces.”
Split serving sizes—which insist that the bottle of soda or mini-bag of potato chips you just opened is really meant to be multiple portions—now also have to be paired with nutritional information for the whole package.
During the two-year process to get this update issued, there was some speculation that the FDA might go with a different kind of look. Instead, the agency’s announcement calls the design “iconic” and replicates it pretty faithfully, perhaps to give Americans a sense of continuity as the first big changes in over two decades roll out.
They’re being adjusted to reflect the amounts we’re really eating. “By law, serving sizes must be based on amounts of foods and beverages that people are actually eating, not what they should be eating . . .
What kind of ****ed up law? It should be the other way around.
How are people supposed to know how much to eat?
That's what fizzy drinks companies do, give the sugar content for half the bottle to make it look better but obviously you're gonna finish the bottle which is probably 60g sugar in total
What kind of ****ed up law? It should be the other way around.
How are people supposed to know how much to eat?
Lmao true but I think this is targeted more towards, for example, a soda bottle's serving size being like half the bottle.. and also normal-sized bags of chips and cookies where the serving size is like, 6 chips or 2 cookies
That's literally the main thing I look at. People will probably get fatter now 